Wire window-rack for flower-pots



(No Model.) H, R. VANEPS.

Wire Window Rack for Flower Pots.

No. 241,454. 7 Pat'ented May 10,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY It. VAN EPS, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

WIRE WINDOW-RACK FOR FLOWER-POTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letterslatent No. 241,454, dated May 10,1881.

Application filed March 7, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY R. VAN EPS, a citizen of the United States.residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois,haveinventedcertain new and useful Improvements in WireWindow-Racks forFlower-Pots; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the inven tion, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters orfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 is an end view of my improved wire window-rack Fig. 2, a frontelevation, and Fig. 3 a plan view.

Like letters in all the figures of the drawings indicate like parts.

The object of this invention is to provide an ornamental wire rack of asimple and lightconstruction that can be readily handled and at: tachedto the window-frame for holding flowerpots for exposing the flowers tothe sun and air and avoid wetting and soiling the windowsills whenwatering the flowers, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

The rack consists of a top rod, 0, and a bottom rod, A, bent at rightangles at their ends to form the ends of the rack, rod G having one endformed with-a hook, at, and the other with an eye, I), or bothmay beformed with hooks or eyesfas may be desired. The ends of rod A aresecured by those of rod B, which are bent around and made rigidly fastthereto. Inclined brace-rods D D are placed on the inside of the rack,next -to-the ends thereof, the ends of which rods are bent around andmade rigidly fast to rods B, and O, which rods D D, in connection withany suitable wire-work fastened to the rods A, B, and G, will give therequired strength and support to the frame-work, thus constituting therack.

The object of making one end of rod 0 with a hook and the other with aneye is that theeye end of the rod will permit the rack to be freelyswung down for cleaning the window- (No model.)

hooked end of the rod permitting that end of the rack to be readilydetached from the eye vfor that purpose.

The front, ends, and bottom of the framework of the rack are coveredwith wire-work of an ornamental character, the front and ends being ofone continuous piece of wire, beginning with the bottom end of rod A,and made to form loops 0 of a triangular shape, and smaller loops, (1,above and below, which loops (1 are lapped over the rods A and O, andthus secure the wire-work to the frame of the rack. The bottom of therack is for-med in a similar manner, the wire extending across andlooped over therods A and B.

To attach the rack to a window-frame a hook is screwed into one sidethereof and an eye into the opposite side. The eye end of the rack isthen slipped over the hook and the hooked end into the eye at theopposite side. The rack.

is thus secured to the Window-frame.

cure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The rack consisting of rods A, B, and O,

rods A and 0 b ing bent at right angles to form the ends of the rack,the ends of rods 0 terminating with a hook, a, and eye I), to attach therack to a window-frame, and the ends of rod A connected by rod B, thewhole tsecured and strengthened by wire-work formed Witnesses:

J. M. MOORE, J OHN MoALLIsrER.

1 Having thus fully described my Invention, what I claim therein as new,and desire to se- 1

